It was here that Clapton began writing furiously. The line-up was volatile: bassist Dave Bronze, drummer Henry Spinetti, and keyboardist Chris Stainton. But the key ingredient, and the source of "Turn Up Down's" unique DNA, was guitarist Albert Lee.
: The friction from this rejection was a primary factor in Clapton’s decision to leave RSO and sign with Warner Bros. . Tracklist and Evolution Eric Clapton - Turn Up Down -1980- - Unreleased...
To understand "Turn Up Down," one must understand November 1980. Clapton was fresh off a near-fatal car accident in Germany (1979) and a grueling tour supporting his reggae-inflected album Money and Cigarettes (though that album technically dropped in 1983, its seeds were sown earlier). By 1980, Clapton had relocated to his recently purchased country estate, Hurtwood Edge, in Surrey, England. He had installed a state-of-the-art recording studio in the stable block, dubbed "The Stable Studio." It was here that Clapton began writing furiously